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The Guardian Angel (1990)
Directed by Suzanne Osten
Drama · 1h 48m
An unspecified European country ca 1912 in the throws of political upheaval. A man only dressed in black (Jacob, played by Philip Zandén) is hired to assassinate the Interior Minister Joel Birkman (Etienne Glaser) after a particular brutal strike down of a student protest. He takes up work as the minister's bodyguard at his summer residence, and get's entangled in the affairs and politics of the Birkman family.
Cast
Philip Zandén
Jacob
E
Etienne Glaser
Joel Birkman, Home Secretary
Malin Ek
Livia Birkman, his wife
Björn Kjellman
Welja, his son
Gunilla Röör
Katja, his daughter
L
Lena Nylén
Jessica, his daughter
H
Hanna Hartleb
Hanna
P
Pia Bäckström
Maria Demodov
Tuncel Kurtiz
Ivar
Sven Lindqvist
Police minister
Reuben Sallmander
Konstantin
Lars Wiik
Secretary
Crew
- Director
- Suzanne Osten
- Writer
- Etienne Glaser, Madeleine Gustafsson, Suzanne Osten
- Novel
- Ricarda Huch
- Director of Photography
- Göran Nilsson
- Editor
- Michał Leszczyłowski
- Producer
- Anders Birkeland
Details
- Original title
- Skyddsängeln
- Release date
- 1990-03-18
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- SV
- Spoken languages
- Swedish
- Countries
- Sweden
- Production
- Filmhuset AS, Mekano Pictures AB, SVT Drama, Sandrews, Svenska Filminstitutet